by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Jan 4, 2016 | Books, Creativity, Writing
“So, how many of these will you ever actually read again?” my husband asked as he tripped over the stupidly huge piles of books obscuring the bedroom floor. Considering there were more than I could count, I opted to plead the fifth. Like a lot of writers, I...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Dec 10, 2015 | Creativity, Resistance, Writing
“Comparison is the death of joy.” – Mark Twain I hate to admit it, but one of my worst habits is comparing myself to other writers…usually when I’m in the throes of fearing that I’m not good enough at what I do. Of course, this is wildly unproductive, and I...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Dec 9, 2015 | Rejection
I don’t have human children. But if I had chosen that path, I would’ve wished for one just like my friend Amy’s daughter, Audrey. She’s intelligent, sweet, hilarious, creative and can rock a pair of glasses like a mini Tina Fey. And she adores the many four legged...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Sep 17, 2015 | Rejection, Screenplays, Writing
Years ago when I was still a scripting newbie, I decided to enter a fairly well known screenplay writing contest. One of the perks of coughing up the $50 entry fee was receiving an evaluation of your script by a professional screenwriter, so I was pretty excited...
by Mary DeRosa Hughes | Sep 17, 2015 | Creativity, Resistance, Writing
When I sat down to write this first post, I’d thought that I was set on talking about the current state of my writing life. The novel whose characters seem to envelop me in a warm hug one moment, then kick me in the shins and run away screaming, refusing to cooperate...
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